Corporate Alliances Specialist (Child Rights and Business), P-3, EAPRO, Bangkok, Thailand #103013

Support country offices in EAP and SA regions in implementation of UNICEF’s Children’s Rights and Business strategy, support the realization of global and regional CRB initiatives, programs, and partnerships.

UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Defending children's rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects. UNICEF believes all children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfill their potential – to the benefit of a better world.

For every child, Children is Everyone’s Business

UNICEF works with business to embed children's rights considerations across their activities, operations and relationships. UNICEF influences business behaviour directly and through key industry associations, using their networks and channels of influence to take action on child rights.

Children are not only rights holders, but they are also stakeholders in business as companies interact with them on a daily basis as workers, consumers and community members. Despite this children have not been adequately considered by business. The incorporation of children’s rights into corporate due diligence processes is most often limited to child labour. Yet the impact of business on children extend to such issues as product design and advertising, the behaviour of staff or subcontractors towards children, community resettlement and children’s rights in the supply and value chain.

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How can you make a difference?
Under the supervision of the Corporate Alliance Manager (Children’s Rights and Business), P-4, the incumbent will support country offices in EAP and SA regions in implementation of UNICEF’s Children’s Rights and Business strategy, support the realization of global and regional CRB initiatives, programs, and partnerships. This post is also responsible for supporting capacity building on CRB and Private Sector Engagement for country office and regional office staff.

Key Accountabilities:

• Country Office support:

  Support to country offices in EAP and SA region in developing and implementing children’s rights and business as part of country programmes. This includes technical support in planning and strategy development on private sector engagement, identification of strategic external partners for CRBP, developing and executing activities at the country level.

• Capacity Building:

  Enhance and strengthen capacity of UNICEF staff at country and regional office levels to engage strategically and effectively with business to achieve results for children. Contribute to capacity building efforts of external stakeholders, including businesses, regulators, industry associations, consultancy firms, and others.

• Global initiatives and partnerships:

  Ensure effective implementation of UNICEF’s internal and external facing global initiatives and programmes in children’s rights and business

• Regional priorities:

  Contribute to UNICEF’s regional priorities and partnerships in children’s rights and business, including engagement with academic institutions, regional partnerships, business in the SDG agenda, thematic focus area etc.

• Knowledge management:

  Promote knowledge sharing and documentation of good practices in the region and contribute to knowledge generation and the development of knowledge products.

   

To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Corporate Social Responsibility, Law, Human Rights, sustainable development or other relevant field
  *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
• A minimum of five years of relevant professional experience in business and human rights including specific experience in partnerships, advocacy, capacity development and children’s rights.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

Our core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

This position is classified as “rotational” which means the incumbent is expected to rotate to another duty station upon completion of their tour of duty,

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply.